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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1889
Page
7
Dry woods steady and flour in limited demand. Poultry in good demand, potatoes weak, apples in fair demand, oranges plentiful, almeria grapes firm. Pork products and corn beef mixed, fresh beef weak, other meats quiet. Truck activity strong, sugars steady, molasses quiet, butter cheese eggs quiet to fairly steady.
Fall River markets report cloth prices at 39 16e for 64s. Spot values fall while futures show a 3 percent decline.
The Chicago market notes a Saturday rally fading as curb May wheat sits at 83 8c and futures show scattered gains and losses. Reports point to rising Northwest movement and a shrinking visible supply, with outside selling and holiday week uncertainty.
Retail dry goods show strong holiday demand with robust shipments to jobbers and agents. Cotton goods remain solid except print cloths, while woollen goods stay steady with good prospects for prices and orders for future delivery.
The market for desirable wool remains strong with limited combing and delaine stocks. Demand from worsted manufacturers supports rising prices, while Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan fleeces stay firm.
The passage notes that holders cannot obtain advances and will not lower values. Wool stocks are expected to rise on January 1 compared to last year due to smaller sales, yet dealers think much of the surplus will reach manufacturers. Manufacturers have recently shown more willingness to buy, softening alarm.
The cotton spot market is moderate with dull speculation. Prices hold steady at 1044 10 2 c per lb for mids and uplands. Ellison’s circular estimates weekly British consumption at 77 000 bales and the Continent at 80 000 bales. Spinners’ stocks: Britain 126 000, Continent 61 000. Manchester shows healthy activity with continued prospects. crop forecast 7 300 000 bales.
Market summary of grain and flour prices with domestic and export quotations. Reports of receipts and stocks in Chicago New York and St Louis, with rates for flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye and byproducts, and notes on demand and price shading.
Detailed figures show butter 1244 pkgs and 6 boxes of oleo 1221 pkgs cheese 3645 boxes eggs 1012 cases beans 745 bbls potatoes 10 cars sweet potatoes 6 bbls bay 43 cars straw 2 cars. Same day last year lists butter 975 pkgs 13 boxes oleo 230 pkgs.
The report outlines wholesale butter prices with Western creamery and New York Vermont quotes, notes quiet demand and ample supply, and lists varied prices for eggs beans cheese and pork products. It also covers potatoes sweet potatoes hay straw tallow and fresh meats with regional price ranges and quiet trading.
The market is well supplied with varied prices. Onions range from 75 cents to 250 per barrel, Western onions at 150 per barrel, beets and carrots at 40 to 50 cents per box, lettuce 50 cents, radishes 35 to 40 cents, turnips 35 cents, cabbage at 1 dollar per bush, Savoy and red onions listed, pumpkins squash and spinach priced, celery at 45 cents per bush.
Market notes show steady demand and ample supply for apples with wholesale prices listed for several varieties including Kings sweets, Baldwins, Greenings, Snow, and Michigan blends. Mediterranean fruits like Valencia oranges and Malaga lemons are in mixed supply with modest activity, while Florida Oranges and Grapes market activity remains subdued but stable. Cranberries and Cape varieties show steady to scarce availability with price ranges provided.
Coventry arrives with 400 boxes Messina oranges 5640 boxes Messina lemons 3700 boxes Palermo oranges 6300 boxes Palermo lemons. Napier left Palermo on December 21 with 2000 boxes Messina oranges 2000 boxes Messina lemons and unknown Palermo fruit for Boston.
Snow and Co and Harris and Co held auctions for citrus fruit with Florida oranges at about 1.12 per unit and 1.50 per unit in various lots. Lemons, grapefruits, mandarins, and tangerines sold in mixed box sizes with prices ranging roughly from 1.15 to 2.50 per box, including half and quarter box units.
Receipts today show tallow 68 packages beef 53 barrels pork 436 barrels lard 2017 packages hams none preserved meats none bacon 668 boxes. Pork and pork products market steady with fair demand. prices quoted for various cuts include long cuts 12 60 to 13 00, short cuts 12 50 to 13 00, backs 12 50 to 13 00, lean ends 13 25 to 13 50, tongues 18, extra prime 11 50, butt pork 11, fresh ribs 74 cents, sausages 7 cents, bologna 7 cents, lard 6 4 to 7 cents, tierces 10-tb pails 742 cents, small 11 2 percent 7 cents, smoked shoulders 6 2 to 7 cents, corned 7 74 to 8 cents, smoked ribs 6 4.
Kansas City hog and cattle prices rise with steers at 3.430, cows 2.15. stockers 2.50 to 3.00. hogs heavies 3.60, mediums 3.60. sheep firm at 4.75. Cincinnati hogs higher at 3.60. Chicago cattle steady to higher with beeves 290.15. Texas cattle 150.76. hog receipts 27 000, shipments 6 000. sheep receipts 5 000, best firmer, natives 2.75 to 5.40.
New York quiet with varied upland grades and middling around 10 1 2 to 11 cents. Futures opened quiet and closed steady as Liverpool reports steady demand with middlings at 59 16d and 12,000 bales sold. U.S. ports show mixed receipts and stock levels amid steady to easy tones.
Sugar receipts today show 134 birds 90 bags 231 mats. last year 1221 bbds 22515 bags. Raw sugars steady with Cuba quotes Fair to good refining 544 65% sc. Manila 444 5c. Java Nos 10 11 66% ac. Refined sugars steady with fair demand. powdered 6 7c granulated 658 6% sc. Belmont A 6% sc. extra 55 5 4c. etc. Wholesale granulated New York price. molasses receipts 50 c 10 bbls 129 bbls 315 birds 10 puncheons. Market quiet and steady. small New Orleans sales 40 458c. New York market steady.
Peoria reports a firm market for whiskey at 103 with spirits at 105. Chicago shows a steady market at 102. St Louis whiskey sells for 102. Cincinnati notes unchanged whiskey at 102.
Long, dense ledger style listing items and quantities from multiple firms and locations including London steamship cargoes, Boston traders, Yarmouth NS goods, and Gonaives brig Beatrice. Highlights include toys from Horace Partridge & Co, dolls, porcelain, glassware, potash, rum, cement, paper stock, rags, and textiles from numerous firms with specific case counts and weights.
Shipping list dated December 23 1889 reports exports from Lockport Shelburne and Liverpool NS and Chamcook NB Seb Alhambra Saint Andrews NB Welcome Home Steamer Marmion from Port Antonio Jamaica Steamer Halifax from Halifax NS with quantities of flour cornmeal pork beef refined oil lard and other goods including lumber bones and hardware arranged by port and vessel.
Export totals listed by category for Boston for the week ending December 21 1889. Items include animals bricks breadstuffs wheat bacon lard tobacco coffee and more with country totals for England Nova Scotia British West Indies Argentina Belgium and others.
The report records steady activity in Coffee New York Rio with fair cargoes and 19 percent yield. Turpentine closes at 43 4414 cents, rosin at 120 125 dollars, tar at 225, petroleum at 7.80 cents with RSW 7.50 and cases at 9.70 cents.
A December 23 1889 Antwerp record details cargo aboard the steamer Hermann including 102 bags coffee 27 cases ironware 6208 packages glassware 30 octaves gin and various goods from multiple firms such as Linder Meyers Gill Lootz Lambert Bros and Codman Hall.
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